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Back in September I discovered the seal in the timing cover that goes around the harmonic balancer was leaking. After a bunch of reading the site here I found the Holley 21-153 metal timing cover. I liked this unit because it was metal, not Dorman, and the seal is replaceable should it leak in the future.
I figured while I was in there I should do the timing chain as well. So a bunch more reading here and I found the Cloyes 1157 Roller timing chain.
Everything was all good. I was reading the Factory Service manual and discovered that the timing cover replacement calls for dropping part or all of the Oil pan. Makes sense but I hadn't realized it yet. So I watched some youtubes and was all ready to do the work...and then I thought about laying on my back for who knows how many hours finagling the oil pan and timing cover back in place and getting them to seal up and I thought better!
So down to the mechanic in town I went! Overall I am glad I had the shop do this one. It turns out I had accidentally ordered the Holley 21-151 cover, which is the cover without the crank sensor connection. So the truck sat in the shop and extra few days while the correct part was ordered. Better the truck sat in their garage than mine! Also the lower radiator hose disintegrated upon removal and a new serpentine belt was installed as well. The motor has 237K and the shop said the original chain was very loose. Also since I had this shop do my pan gasket less than a year ago he was cool and didn't charge me for a new gasket to reseal the oil pan.
In the end the motor runs very smooth at idle now. Before when at idle the truck had a slight mis to it or a stumble. It was very small but noticeable. It was not a misfire, and there was no change in RPM but you could feel a slight blip in the motor. There was never hesitation on acceleration or a code of any kind. Now the engine idles smooth. I think the mechanic did a good job and I am happy that it is done. On to more exciting projects coming up!
I figured while I was in there I should do the timing chain as well. So a bunch more reading here and I found the Cloyes 1157 Roller timing chain.
Everything was all good. I was reading the Factory Service manual and discovered that the timing cover replacement calls for dropping part or all of the Oil pan. Makes sense but I hadn't realized it yet. So I watched some youtubes and was all ready to do the work...and then I thought about laying on my back for who knows how many hours finagling the oil pan and timing cover back in place and getting them to seal up and I thought better!
So down to the mechanic in town I went! Overall I am glad I had the shop do this one. It turns out I had accidentally ordered the Holley 21-151 cover, which is the cover without the crank sensor connection. So the truck sat in the shop and extra few days while the correct part was ordered. Better the truck sat in their garage than mine! Also the lower radiator hose disintegrated upon removal and a new serpentine belt was installed as well. The motor has 237K and the shop said the original chain was very loose. Also since I had this shop do my pan gasket less than a year ago he was cool and didn't charge me for a new gasket to reseal the oil pan.
In the end the motor runs very smooth at idle now. Before when at idle the truck had a slight mis to it or a stumble. It was very small but noticeable. It was not a misfire, and there was no change in RPM but you could feel a slight blip in the motor. There was never hesitation on acceleration or a code of any kind. Now the engine idles smooth. I think the mechanic did a good job and I am happy that it is done. On to more exciting projects coming up!